Alvira is hard working, task oriented and an intelligent MBA student. She has put in lot of work for her individual paper and got a good grade. She is now part of a group of 10 students working on a group assignment. She does not feel like putting in the same effort as she did when working by herself. What phenomenon is operating?

Select one:

a. Groupshift

b. Groupthink

c. Devaluation fear

d. Social loafing

Raveena is leading a project and is giving a status report. Her boss loves good news and gets irritated when told problems. Raveena provides him a status with only tasks completed on time, appreciation received from client. She does not mention the tasks overdue or complaints received. What barrier to communication is getting created here?

Select one:

a. filtering information to say only what the boss wants to hear filtering information

b. lying

c. silence

d. all of the above

The tendency of most individuals to experience a mildly positive mood at zero input (when nothing in particular is going on) is technically termed

Select one:

a. Paranormal happiness

b. Polly Anna Default

c. Positivity offset

d. Positive illusion

One of the biggest challenges we are facing in today's world when it comes to communication is

Select one:

a. Information inertia

b. Information overlap

c. Information overload

d. Information adjustment